Buchenroedera.| | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 93 
2. B. Meyeri (Presl. Bot. Bem. p. 47) ; loosely silky ; leaflets cune- 
ate, minutely acuminate ; heads dense, the narrow oblong bracts shorter 
than the very villous calyx; all the petals villous ; the vexillum 14 as 
long as the ale and carina; legume very villous. Benth. l.c. p. 581. 
Asp. cuneata, «, retusa, H. Mey.! Comm. p. 37. 
Has. Caffirland, between the Buffel and Kei Rivers, Drege! (Hb. Bth., D., Hk.) 
1-2 feet high, virgate, afterwards ramulous, straight, canescent, with copious, long 
and softly silky whitish or fulvous hairs. Leaflets like those of B. holosericea, or 
smaller. Bracts much shorter than the calyx, or rarely taper-pointed and nearly as 
long. Calyx 2-24 lines long. Vexillum twice as long. 
3. B. multiflora (E. & Z.! 1354); closely silky; leaflets cuneate, 
recurvo-mucronulate ; spikes oblong, loose or rarely sub-capitate ; bracts 
cuneate or oblong, shorter than the calyx ; petals villous, the vexillum 
longer than the others ; legume villous. Benth.! 7. ¢. p. 582. B, gracilis, 
E. & Z.11353. Asp. cuneata, 8. hamulosa, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 37. A. 
polyantha, Walp. Burch. 3864. Buch. alpina, E. & Z.1 1352. 
Has. Eastern Province, Uitenhage and Albany. Zuureberg, Gekau and Assa- 
_ gaisbosch, Drege! Near Grahamstown and on the Fish River, Z. § Z./ Vanstaad- 
ensberg, Zeyher, 2335. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
‘Smaller, more slender, and less virgate than B. Meyeri, with shorter and more 
closely pressed pubescence, more lax inflorescence, and hook-pointed leaflets. In 
E. & Z.’s B. alpina, from the Winterberg, the leaflets are rather broader than usual, 
with shorter and less recurved poiats. “ 
4. B. spicata (Harv.); Joosely silky and, silvery, virgate ; leaflets 
linear-lanceolate, acute ; spikes cylindrical, densely many flowered, the 
lanceolate bracts equalling the calyx ; all the petals villous ; calyx teeth 
acuminate; legume densely villous. 
Has. Sides of the Winterberg, among rocks and long grass, Mrs. FP. W. Barber! 
43. (Herb. T.C.D.) ee . . “ 
Chiefly branched near the base, 14 feet high, the branches long, rodlike, ending 
in a dense spike of white flowers, slightly tinged with greenish-yellow. Whole plant 
silvery, with long, soft and loose hairs. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1 line broad, acute 
tat each end. Stipules similar to the leaflets and nearly as long, longer than the 
petiole, erect. Bracts broader than the leaflets, but similar in shape. Spikes 2-3 
inches long. Calyx teeth lanceolate. 
5. B. umbellata (Harv.) ; appressedly silky and silvery, subsimple ; 
leaflets linear-acuminate, acute at base, nearly twice as long as the 
petiole ; stipules and bracts linear-lanceolate ; umbels subsessile, many 
flowered; pedicels of the flowers at least as long as the calyx, shorter 
than the bracts ; petals villous. 
Has. Transkei Country, on the Plains, Mrs. F. W. Barber! 35. (Herb. D.) 
Many stemmed, tufted, erect ; stems simple, 6-8 inches high, densely leafy, end- 
ing in a shortly pedunculate or subsessile umbel of cream coloured flowers. Flowers 
12-15 in each umbel, on pedicels 2-3 lines long. Leaflets 7-9 lines long, 1 line 
wide, tapering at the base, and almost cuspidate at the apex. 
6. B. tenuifolia (E. & Z.! 1355) ; closely silky ; leaves narrow cune- 
ate or linear ; bracts lanceolate, shorter than the calyx ; flowers either 
interruptedly racemose or umbellate-subcapitate ; petals villous, the 
vexillum somewhat longer than the others. Benth, l.c. p. p<: Se 
Van. . pulchella ; taller and more robust, with shorter, broader, more cuneate 
leaves. Asp. pulchella, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 38. ras er 
